Mucilage-bottle



(No Model.)

No. 548,886. Patented'OGt. 29, 1895.

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'WILLIAM F. MORROW, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 548,886, dated October29, 1895.

Application filed .Tune l, 1895. Serial No. 551,396. (No model.)

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Be it known that I, 'WILLIAM F. MORROW, a citizen of the United States,residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Mucilage-Bottles, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention relates to an attachment for mucilage-bottles; and theobject is to provide an improved brush-scraping device to remove thesurplus mucilage taken up by the brush when dipped in the mucilage andthus prevent the accumulation of mucilage around the bottle-mouth.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure l is a sectional view of a mucilagebottle and the inventionapplied thereto. Fig. 2 is a perspective inverted view of the improvedscraping device. Fig. 3 is a view showing a slight modification of thedevice.

Referring to the drawings, the letter A designates a mucilage-bottle ofusual form hav- .ing a neck b, C the brush, and d the usual capshield,which fits over the bottle-mouth.

It is a well-known fact that when a brush is dipped into amucilage-bottle it takes up a surplus amount of mucilage, especiallywhen the bottle is full, which ordinarily has to be removed by pressingthe brush against the interior wall of the bottle-neck. This, however,is objectionable, because the mucilage gradually accumulates and stopsup the neck and takes up dirt and other foreign substances, which tendto cake the gum onto the interior of the bottle-wall and also on thebrush. By my invention this objectionable feature is obviated.

My invention consists in a oylindric metal tube E, fitting down withinthe bottle-mouth and provided at its top rim with a lateral flangef, tofit over the rim edge f of the bottle and thus support the tube. Thelower end of the tube is provided with an opening g and a scraping-barIt. In the forms shown in Figs. l and 2 this bar closes onehalf of thebottom of the tube and leaves an opening g for the brush C to passthrough. i/Vhen a surplus amount of mucilage accumulates on the brush,the scraping-bar h will, when the brush is being withdrawn, scrape offor remove the surplusage of mucilage, leaving only a small amount on thebrush. Thus it is not necessary to press the brush against the interiorwall of the bottle-neck, and as the removed mucilage drops back into thebottle none accumulates to choke up or cake in the bottle-neck.

In the modification shown in Fig. 3 the scraping-bar h is formed bypartially remov ing a portion of the metal of the tube and bending saidportion so as to take position crosswise inside of the tube, a slot ibeing left in the Wall and the opening g formed for the brush.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

The combination with a bottle having a neck the interior wall of Whichis smooth or unobstructed, of a brush scraping device comprising a tubefitting down into said neck, the upper end of said tube provided withalateral liange resting upon the rim-edge of the bottle= mouth and thelower end thereof terminating adjacent the lower end of the bottle neck,and the tube having a portion of its metal at one side partly removedand said partly removed portion bent to a position crosswise inside ofthe tube and forming a scraping bar, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

WILLIAM F. MORROW. Witnesses:

CHARLES B. MANN, Jr., C. GALvERT HTNEs.

